Priya studied the Sanskrit Rasa Theory of aesthetics and Tamil Sangam (around 2-4BCE) poetics which she channels into her poetry, translation and fiction. She learnt Pali to read the Jataka Tales that also flow into her writing. As a cineaste she co-founded the film society Friends of the Archive in Mumbai and co-scripted the film Dhaara by Suresh Chabria which won the Critics Prize at the Oberhausen Film Festival. She has collaborated with classical dancer Malavika Sarukkai on Fireflies, a hybrid arts production of miniature paintings, Bharatanatyam dance and poetry in English. With ANDAL! Girl, Poet, Goddess, performed with The Bhakti Collective which included classical and contemporary dancer Anita Ratnam she toured urban centres in India to raise funds for the Tata Medical Trust, Kolkata. Priya happily devoted a significant part of eleven years to sharing the poetry and translation of fellow writers via Poetry at Sangam of which she is Founding Editor. She doesn’t bend her writing to suit marketplace demands. She travels. Looks out of the window. Believes the spiritual is found in the everyday; everyday she is filled with wonder. And gratitude.
 

Invited to international and Indian residencies and literary festivals Priya has presented her work at Sun Yat-sen University International Writers Residency, Guangzhou; The Writer’s Centre, University of East Anglia; WrICE (Writers Immersion and Cultural Exchange), RMIT, Australia, Commonwealth Literature Conclave, Innsbruck; Sangam House, Bengaluru; UCLA, USA; Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Simla; Cinematateca Espanola, Spain; Frankfurt Book Fair; Asia Arts Festival, Singapore; Jaipur Literary Festival; National Centre for the Performing Arts and Kala Ghoda Festival, Mumbai; ‘Alphabet City’, Toronto; Bengaluru Poetry Festival; Samanvay, Indian Habitat Centre and India International Centre, Delhi; Prakriti Poetry Festival, Chennai; The Chair Poetry Festival, Kolkata etc.